New Bottom Roughness Calculation from Multibeam Echo Sounders for Mine Warfare
dc.contributor.advisor | Chu, Peter C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Earls, Patrick J. | |
dc.date | Sep-12 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-14T00:02:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-14T00:02:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/17360 | |
dc.description.abstract | Bottom roughness has a significant effect on acoustic backscattering on the ocean bottom. Sonar systems rely on backscattering and shadows for detecting objects lying on the seafloor. The seafloor is rather complex including craters, gullies, seaweed, rocks, sand ridges, tall obstructions, deep holes and sloping regions. Underwater mines can be hidden around these objects to make detection more difficult. High resolution (1 m 1 m) seafloor data collected by the Navy using multibeam echo sounder (EM710) off the western coast of Saipan was processed by the MB Systems. The advanced least-square method is used to establish new bottom reference level from the EM710 data. After removing the reference level, the high-resolution bathymetry data converts into bottom roughness percentage using a threshold. The calculated bottom roughness percentage is ready to be incorporated into the current Navy doctrine. Two new (gradient and mathematical morphology) methods have been developed in this thesis to calculate the bottom roughness without the reference level. Statistical analysis was conducted to illustrate the added value of the new bottom roughness calculation. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/newbottomroughne1094517360 | |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.title | New Bottom Roughness Calculation from Multibeam Echo Sounders for Mine Warfare | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.secondreader | Betsch, Ronald | |
dc.contributor.department | Physical Oceanography | |
dc.subject.author | Mine Warfare | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Bottom Roughness | en_US |
dc.subject.author | EM710 Multibeam Echo Sounder | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Bathymetry | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Backscattering. | en_US |
dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Science in Physical Oceanography | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Physical Oceanography | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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